Kids become book detectives with this finding the author and illustrator activity for kindergarten to 2nd grade, using cover cards and a recording sheet. An answer key is included.

This author and illustrator activity for PreK to 1st Grade has kids sort job cards and play a Book Hunt game with real picture books. Answer key included, so checking is quick and easy.

This authors purpose matching activity has K-2nd Grade readers match picture book cards to inform, entertain and persuade cards, with a recording sheet and practice page. Answer key included, so learning why authors write feels like a game.

In this authors purpose picture sorting activity, K to 2nd Grade children sort 12 picture cards into inform, entertain, and persuade, with a sort mat, practice page and answer key included.

Using Author's Purpose Sorting Activity, students identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Using Why Was it Written Author's Purpose Activity, students identify if the author wrote a text in order to answer, explain, or describe.

This point of view activity has 1st-4th grade students hold up Character or Narrator signs to show who is telling each scene. Fold-over cards check the clue words, and an answer key is included.

Using this Guess Who Point of View Activity, students identify their partner's "secret narrator" as the partner reads a text card.

Using Author Research Activity, students explore books written by a single author to discuss opinions and ideas of that author.